SEATTLE-Consumer, environmental and social justice activists in 200 U.S. cities and four other countries will leaflet and stage protests in front of Starbucks coffee shops today and Tuesday in an effort to draw attention to the company's use of genetically ingredients in their foods and beverages.

CHICAGO-Two offices originate cross-collateralized loans at "a very competitive market rate" on behalf of Freddie Mac for AMLI Residential Properties Trust projects in Georgia, Indiana, Texas and Colorado.

DENVER-Retired Louisiana oilman Randolph M. Moity Sr. pays $2.6 million for eight partially completed luxury condominiums next to a proposed gondola that Vail Resorts plans to build in the ski resort of Breckenridge.

SAN MARCOS, CA-CT Realty Corp. is putting the finishing touches on the rehabilitation of a 106,000-sf former factory outlet center and has just signed a 20,000-sf lease valued at slightly more than $2 million.